Overview

Designed specifically to be a working guide, this is a complete resource for all issues related to joint ventures and shareholders’ agreements. This title provides practitioners with the starting point in drafting joint venture documents and minimises the likelihood that a key issue, with potentially significant ramifications, will be overlooked. It identifies the central issues involved in joint venture transactions to ensure good drafting and includes precedents, case studies and checklists. The Seventh Edition includes: - Updates on EU and UK merger law including the implementation of the National Security and Investment Act 2021 and work of the Investment Security Unit (ISU) of the Cabinet Office - Changes to tax law arising from the latest Finance Acts - The latest implementation of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 - New case law on warranties and indemnities, liability and duties - Digital access to the precedents: these are available to download, adapt and use whilst following the commentary guidance This is an invaluable resource for company and commercial solicitors, in-house counsel, accountants, company secretaries, company directors, competition law practitioners, employment law practitioners and tax practitioners. This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Company and Commercial Law online service.

Full Product Details

Author:   Susan Singleton (Solicitor and founder, Singleton's, London, UK.)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Professional
Edition:   7th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 24.80cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781526531254

ISBN 10:   1526531259
Pages:   704
Publication Date:   15 January 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   To order  

Table of Contents

Part A Preliminary Considerations 1. Introduction 2. Matching the Aims and Expectations of the Parties 3. The Contributions of the Parties to the Joint Venture 4 Employment and Pensions Issues in UK Based Joint Ventures 5. Share Incentive Schemes in UK Joint Venture Companies 6. Financing a Corporate Joint Venture in the UK 7. Tax Considerations for UK Joint Ventures 8. Accounting Considerations for UK Corporate Joint Ventures 9. Application of EC competition Law to Joint Ventures 10. UK Competition Law Applying to Joint Ventures 11. Other Regulatory Matters in the UK 12. UK Limited Liability Partnerships Part B Key Issues in Structuring and Drafting UK Corporate Joint Venture Documentation and Shareholders' Agreements 13. Deadlock Companies in English Company Law 14. Minority Protection under English Company Law 15. Typical Minority Vetoes 16. Directors of UK Companies 17. Termination and its Consequences 18. Pre-termination Put and Call Options 19. Pre-emption Rights on Share Transfers 20. Purchase and Redemption of Shares by a UK Company 21. Sale or Initial Public Offering of the Company 22. Share Valuation Provisions 23. Dispute Resolution Part C Joint Ventures and Shareholders' Agreements in Practice 24. Establishing and Documenting a UK Corporate Joint Venture 25. Due Diligence, Warranties and Indemnities 26 Considerations Relating to Joint Ventures and Shareholders' Agreements Involving UK Tax Resident Individuals 27 Special Considerations for Private Equity Funds, Venture Capitalists and Other Equity Providers 28 International Joint Ventures Part D Case Studies Available as an Accompanying Electronic Download Precedent 1. Checklist of Issues for Consideration when Establishing a UK Incorporated Joint Venture Company Precedent 2. Heads of Agreement Precedent 3. Shareholders’ Agreement Precedent 4. Articles of Association Precedent 5. International Joint Venture Agreement Precedent 6. Support Agreement Precedent 7 – Limited liability partnership deed

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""This is a really good book...it is extremely interesting"" --Corporate Briefing (review of a previous edition)

Author Information

Susan Singleton is a solicitor and founder of Singletons, a commercial firm of solicitors which advises a large range of UK and international clients on business law (www.singlelaw.com). She sat on the Direct Marketing Authority for five years and was Vice Chairman of the Competition Law Association. She has advised on joint ventures and collaboration agreements both through her own firm and before that at Slaughter and May and Bristows. Susan is the author/editor of several Bloomsbury Professional titles.

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